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At the Annual General Meeting of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health held earlier this week, members voted overwhelmingly to agree the following resolution: “This meeting warmly welcomes Council’s decision on 13th February 2019 to decline all future…

Breastfeeding reduces child obesity risk by up to 25% The World Health Organisation says marketing claims formula is as good for babies as breast milk are misleading Obesity Facts: Association between Characteristics at Birth, Breastfeeding and Obesity in 22 Countries:…

Syed Aamir Raza, the real Nestlé whistleblower is in the UK to help promote the screenings. From Oscar-winning director, Danis Tanovic (No Man’s Land) comes a true story; a Pakistani salesman, employed by Nestlé, learns that his promotion of…

Public Consultation on the draft scientific opinion on appropriate age for introduction of complementary feeding into an infant’s diet. DEADLINE 29th May Baby Milk Action IBFAN UK EU Chronology The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is holding a consultation on…

We were consulted but haven’t seen this programme yet. It’s a follow on from Breastfeeding Uncovered – broadcast on the 30th July last year. It should be worth watching. Here is the description by the programme makers: “New mum Kate…

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/unhealthy-diet-bigger-killer-than-tobacco/articleshow/68759153.cms https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/03/science/diet-vegetables.html I attended the debate on the EAT-Lancet Commission’s report on sustainable health and planetary boundaries on 20th February 2019. The report recommends radical changes to a low meat/high veg diet and more sustainable, extensive farming…

Congratulations Barrie Margetts on delivering a great platform address, at Labour Party Conference 2018, speaking passionately on the ‘tackling inequalities debate’. Posted by Joe Dukes on Wednesday, 26 September 2018 Professor Barrie Margetts, Southampton Test CLP, making a great intervention…

The media coverage following the New York Times exposé continues with over 600 online editorial articles and about 900 social media posts. Below are just some of the recent articles and programs including one from 2015 that gives an insight…

CLICK HERE https://agroecology-appg.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Why-should-the-Precautionary-Principle-be-preserved-APPG-Briefing-in-support-of-amendments-66-112-113-March-2018.pdf Why should the Precautionary Principle be preserved, post-Brexit? What is the Precautionary Principle? The Rio Declaration (1992) states that: Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty shall not be used…

CLICK HERE for the new DELEGATED ACTS Click Here for BMJ article. bmj.i553.full PRESS RELEASE European Parliament votes for big reductions in sugar in baby foods and prohibitions on labelling at too early an age. 20th January 2016 European Parliament, Strasbourg …